East 18th Street & Avenue J

East 18th Street and Avenue J meet at a four-way crossing in Midwood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Young Israel of Avenue J is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave J, is about two minutes on foot, for the Q. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1929, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave J
580 feet · 2 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Avenue J/E 18 St · B6, B11
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 1 college and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
East 18th Street & Avenue J Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave J, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Ave J Q
    580 feet
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Bird Laid Bare” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave J station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue J/E 18 St, 110 feet away, for the B6 and B11.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue J/E 18 St B6, B11
    110 feet
    B6 B11

Next buses at this stop

  1. B6 …
  2. B11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Prospect Expressway westbound at Prospect Avenue & Prospect Expressway, 2.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1248 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1170 Ocean Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 14
City Council district
44
Police precinct
70
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Midwood
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Avenue J

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of East 18th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 college
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Yeshiva of Flatbush-Joel Braverman H School
    440 feet
  2. Touro University - Flatbush College
    470 feet
  3. Bayis V'Gan Day Care Program School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Midwood Library
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Young Israel of Avenue J House of worship
    90 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue J or East 18th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.